[Tinymux] MUX/MUSH Documentation (was: mux guideance)

[nails at mushpark.com]

Another thing to consider is that there's a longstanding formatting rule
and/or convention that keeps the in-game helpfiles from getting too long
and therefore limiting them in scope.  There are other issues that affect
a specific topic or a handful of topics (out of date, typoes, missing
references), but the size/length issue affects the specific medium, and no
amount of editing will eliminate the limitation.


By contrast, there's very little in the way of such limits with the Wiki
(or websites in general), and so it probably makes more sense to focus on
having additional resources to bolster the help topics instead of trying
to perfect the current system.  This is not limited to the wiki, either.
Sites like MUSH Warehouse and Electric Soup can also greatly benefit from
input and support of civic-minded community members.


And maybe we just replace help.txt with an in-MUX text based wiki broswer.


Running away now.
Running really fast.




On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Stephen Dennis wrote:

> Hopefully, the Wiki will help to fill that gap, but I concede that despite
> all effort, helpfiles tend to either read like stereo manauls, or college
> texts. They tell you how to use some narrow aspect of the server and only
> rarley tell you how to accomplish a larger goal or any goal.
>
> If the Wiki contains a mix of more prosaic command and function descriptions
> as well as some articles, guides, tutorials, or at least notes to help tie
> it all together, I think that would be more useful to the uninitiated.
>
> Although, sometimes, it is helpful to download the server and read
> help.txtlinearly. It's dry, but strangely enough, it reading it that
> helps.
>
>
> Brazil
>